DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
 

Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self
to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing
or loading software. I have gone through the messages and
have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing
seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great
site!!

Dan

DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
 

Try this
Boot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL CD/DVD drives
Remove ALL HDs
Remove the Master IDE Controller

Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers (may
take a couple of reboots)

See if that cures it.
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
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"Dan" wrote in message
...
Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self
to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing
or loading software. I have gone through the messages and
have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing
seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great
site!!

Dan

DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
 

Noel,
Thanks, but this did not work. It only took one boot to
have the drivers reinstalled and when I removed the master
IDE controller, it left the primary and secondary
controllers there. Is this a problem?

Dan
-----Original Message-----
Try this
Boot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL CD/DVD drives
Remove ALL HDs
Remove the Master IDE Controller

Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the
required drivers (may
take a couple of reboots)

See if that cures it.
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp
"Dan" wrote in message
...
Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self
to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing
or loading software. I have gone through the messages and
have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing
seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great
site!!

Dan


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DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
 

Nope - that's normal.
In Device Manager, open the Properties page for the DVD - what does it say?

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp
"Dan" wrote in message
...
Noel,
Thanks, but this did not work. It only took one boot to
have the drivers reinstalled and when I removed the master
IDE controller, it left the primary and secondary
controllers there. Is this a problem?

Dan
-----Original Message-----
Try this
Boot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL CD/DVD drives
Remove ALL HDs
Remove the Master IDE Controller

Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the
required drivers (may
take a couple of reboots)

See if that cures it.
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp
"Dan" wrote in message
...
Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self
to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing
or loading software. I have gone through the messages and
have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing
seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great
site!!

Dan


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